how many watts can the sotkc sc300 speakers handle anyone know

 

Based on past experience of pulling out stock speakers, between 5 and 30 watts RMS. 50w RMS at the most.

But wattage ratings are the most useless parameter of a speaker unless you are an SPL competitor. The RMS rating is how much wattage the speaker can take for a specific length of time (usually an hour) before the voice coil melts. What they don't tell you is that they will use a 1000hz sine wave and barely move the cone. During regular music, you will reach the excursion limits long before you reach the thermal limits. The lower the frequency, the less power required to reach the mechanical limits of the speaker.

-Robert

 

even the sub..so I would be worhtit jsut to get a 5 chammel amp and wire them up to it

 

Yes, even the RMS rating on subs is not very practical. There have been a lot of people here replacing their stock 8" and 10" Nak subs with Kicker models. Their RMS wattage ratings are in the 300w to 500w range. It turns out that 50w of power at 30hz will push those subs to their excursion limits. So, not only do you have to know how much power you have, you have to know what frequency ranges you are playing.

-Robert